Echocardiographic Epicardial Fat: A Review of Research and Clinical Applications
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:00:00 PM | Gianluca Iacobellis, Howard J. Willens
Epicardial fat plays a role in cardiovascular diseases. Because of its anatomic and functional proximity to the myocardium and its intense metabolic activity, some interactions between the heart and its visceral fat depot have been suggested. Epicardial fat can be visualized and measured using standard two-dimensional echocardiogra…
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